MARA vs. BITF, CLSK, COIN, HIVE, HUT, RIOT, TOST, AER, GRAB, and RBA
Should you be buying Marathon Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marathon Digital include Bitfarms (BITF), Cleanspark (CLSK), Coinbase Global (COIN), HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), Hut 8 (HUT), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Toast (TOST), Aercap (AER), Grab (GRAB), and RB Global (RBA).
Marathon Digital vs. Its Competitors
Bitfarms (NASDAQ:BITF) and Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) are related companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
Bitfarms has a net margin of -40.09% compared to Marathon Digital's net margin of -46.68%. Marathon Digital's return on equity of 6.33% beat Bitfarms' return on equity.
In the previous week, Bitfarms had 12 more articles in the media than Marathon Digital. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Bitfarms and 10 mentions for Marathon Digital. Marathon Digital's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Bitfarms' score of 0.12 indicating that Marathon Digital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Marathon Digital has higher revenue and earnings than Bitfarms. Marathon Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bitfarms, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
20.6% of Bitfarms shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of Marathon Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Bitfarms shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Marathon Digital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bitfarms currently has a consensus price target of $4.44, indicating a potential upside of 351.88%. Marathon Digital has a consensus price target of $20.94, indicating a potential upside of 17.50%. Given Bitfarms' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bitfarms is more favorable than Marathon Digital.
Bitfarms has a beta of 3.45, meaning that its share price is 245% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marathon Digital has a beta of 6.53, meaning that its share price is 553% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Marathon Digital beats Bitfarms on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:MARA) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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